由于管理不善和腐败, 南非水务部长称危机是系统性失灵. SA water minister calls crisis a systemic failure due to weak management and corruption.

非洲的水和卫生部长称这场危机是"严重", 是一个系统性的失败. South Africa's water and sanitation minister calls the crisis "stark" and a systemic failure. 几乎一半的水系统都没有达到标准,64%的废水厂处于危急状态,而一半处理过的水被丢失. Nearly half of water systems fail standards, 64% of wastewater plants are critical, and half of treated water is lost. 她威胁要扣留资金, 并干预市政当局以强制追究责任. Majodina says governance issues like weak management and corruption are to blame, and she is threatening to withhold funds and intervene in municipalities to force accountability.